Dreams of the Third Age

[JayTee]

WarDragon: Technically none of the people mentioned serve me. We just work together on a ship that I happen to own, giving me at most veto power over whatever plans we might make. And I don't mind that you're an infernal so long as you aren't doing anything crazyfaced evil


Sherwood: I remembered, but it seemed impolite to include that as your "role" on the ship when that's more of an inter-party role.

 

[Myllinnia]

Crazyfaced Evil!


No, Syrenica is not remotely CFE. She's lovable and contrary. And likes to hug people. *Nod nod* ^^

 

[WarDragon]

Uhm. Hmm. I don't think so, but... define crazyfaced evil?

 

[JayTee]

Eating babies, mass genocide for fun and profit, casually mindwarping cities and towns to do your bidding. You know, typical supervillan stuff.

 

[Seeker of the End]

You can play a tyrant but not be cfe, I've had a pretty neat lunar tyrant as a partner. His totem was an emperor penguin.

 

[Myllinnia]

No casual Mindwarping cities? *scratches off list *

 

[Seeker of the End]

And that emperor penguin war-form kicked my Abyssal Martial Artist's ass. I only managed to deal two levels of damage.

 

[JayTee]

Well, I suppose I could make an exception for pranks and such. Like convincing the people of Meru that wearing your underwear on your head is a sign of strength and virility

 

[Myllinnia]

Yay, Pranks and such. Syrenica loves you sooooooooo~ much. You may not want that though. ^^


I should get sheet up... nod nod

 

[Lord-Leafar]

Mmmm if I do go with an Abyssal, we need to find a common ground to avoid hostilities, because I would be a Mass murderer psycho that just happens to be working with the good guys.

 

[Seeker of the End]

WarDragon Here's the thread, it might actually be a good idea for a playstyle of your character. I genuinely like that guy. It was a shame that the game ended.... http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261705

 

[JayTee]

Lord-Leafar Hey, keep that Daiklave pointed at the CoD (excluding the cool Infernals) and I'm not going to complain about the bodycount. Heck, if you're a member of my crew, I might even give you a raise depending on the number of Fairfolk bodies I find.


We westerners hate fairfolk.

 

[Lord-Leafar]

Can't see being part of your crew honestly, he would already be forced to work under the supervision of a Sidereal, he ain't answering to anyone else about anything.

 

[WarDragon]

Interesting... yeah, we should be good.


And a penguin Lunar tyrant... that's hilarious.

 

[JayTee]

Lord-Leafar: You wouldn't be serving me. None of my crew serve me. Plus, if you still have that plot going with Kaji-Oni, you might find yourself onboard my ship sooner than you think.

 

[Sherwood]

Lord-Leafar Hey, keep that Daiklave pointed at the CoD (excluding the cool Infernals) and I'm not going to complain about the bodycount. Heck, if you're a member of my crew, I might even give you a raise depending on the number of Fairfolk bodies I find.
We westerners hate fairfolk.

Yeah we do. Renna spent years as a prisoner of the Fae in the far North, and does not have any happy thoughts for them.

 

[Lord-Leafar]

Being in the ship would not be a problem for him, but he ain't no crew, to him you would be just a driver he isn't paying. Think of him like a powerful beast that is obscenely dangerous while his very presence twists and defiles the relics of your faith. He is as close as you get as having a Deathlord onboard.

 

[JayTee]

Kairos, Hound of the Sky, has no problem with this.


(finally got a name I liked)

 

[WarDragon]

http://www.rpdom.com/resources/devil-tiger-baal-shazash.544/


Got another new Charm up. It's intended to be a "gateway" charm, similar to Witness to Darkness (though not quite as severe). Both his "greed/denial" and social trees branch off of it.

 

[Seeker of the End]

Interesting... yeah, we should be good.
And a penguin Lunar tyrant... that's hilarious.

It was hilarious until he kicked my ass.

 

[Lord-Leafar]

This seems rather fitting...


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTbLoT_UJYY[/media]

 

[Sherwood]

Here is my sheet

• Background
• Appearance
• Attributes and Abilities
• Combat Stats
• Equipment
• Knacks
• Martial Arts Charms
• Charms
• Terrestrial Circle Spells
• Celestial Circle Spells

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  You may not believe it, but Renna was a very lucky girl. Being born blind in another family, she may have been left out in the wilderness for nature to finish off. But, her family was one of the North’s more powerful merchant houses, and they had the money to hire the nurses needed to care for the poor girl. Despite her handicap, Renna quickly grew into a lovely young woman. With her keen hearing and exceptional sense of balance, she was able to maneuver around her home with ease, and with the aid of her teachers, she became quite the skilled dancer, using her exceptional grace to amaze the people that had the pleasure of seeing her perform. Under the watchful eyes of her guides, Renna was frequently seen out and about the icy streets of Icehome, and overall, was quite content with her lot in life.
  
  
  One spring day, Renna took the opportunity to go and visit family located far south in the city of Whitewall. Traveling with a group of trusted companions, her easy going life was rudely interrupted by a raiding party of Fae, out looking for easy prey. The guards of the little caravan fought for their lives with vigor, but were soon overwhelmed by the ferocity of the Fae. Renna was soon rounded up with her mother, her sister, and the three ladies in waiting that were traveling with the family. The six women huddled together, crying, wondering what was to happen to them. Finally, an idea came to Renna, a wildly crazy idea that, if it worked, might just be the ticket to freedom for her and her family.
  
  
  Still under the watchful eyes of the guards, Renna made the comment, “I thought that the Cataphractoi were supposed to be graceful warriors, not a bunch of clumsy, elephant footed louts!” Her reward was a hand across the face. She spits out a mouthful of blood and laughs. “I guess that the truth hurts, huh?” She doesn’t wince as she hears the arm being pulled back for another blow, but the goblin’s had is stopped by his master. With a voice of smooth silken dreams, he asks her, “What would you know of graceful, little blind girl?” “I know enough to say that you sound more like a wounded yeddim loping around in circles instead of a skilled dancer. Hell, I bet that even I can dance better than you can!” A dangerous silence greeted the shocking challenge. The warrior-prince reached out with his mailed hand and softly stroked her face. “A bold statement from a little blind girl. You speak of bets? What could you possibly offer me that I don’t already have in my hand?” Renna smiles. “I know of your kind. You ravage those that you take. What is better for you? A captive, or a willing servant? I make you this deal. I bet that I can out dance you, right here right now, in front of all your followers. If I do, you release my family. If I don’t, I will be yours, freely given to be used as you see fit.” Renna’s mother cries out in dismay, but she is not to be swayed from her path. “So who would be the judge of this contest? You and yours, little blind girl?” “No need. Can your followers be trusted to speak the truth of what they see? Who can know true beauty better than the Fae?” Renna holds her breath in anticipation. Finally, the Cataphractoi nods in acceptance. “Very well. I agree! If nothing else, you will provide some much needed diversion for my weary men.”
  
  
  She danced. But it was so much more. Renna was able to reach levels of skill that she had never known before. Moving to the beat of the drum, she flowed from one position to another, reaching deep inside her for inspiration. Finally, Renna collapses on the ground, completely spent, gasping for breath in the cold. Over the sound of her beating heart, she can hear the sounds of the goblin horde roaring their approval. She couldn’t believe her ears! She had won against impossible odds. Her family would be safe.
  
  
  The leader of the band claps his hands together and the crowd fall silent. “Well done! I have never seen the like, even from our best performers! You will make a fine addition to the court of the Ice Queen!” Renna looks up from where she has fallen. “I won, and you agreed to let us go!” “No, I agreed to let your family go, not you. You, little blind girl, are mine. Take her, and leave the rest. It is time to go.”
  
  
  The next several years were ones of humiliation and sorrow. Renna was kept prisoner, in the same way a parakeet was kept in a gilded cage, forced to perform for the court that held her captive. But she never gave up in her efforts to escape. Time and time again, she was tracked down and hauled back to the Fae court for her punishment. Finally, Renna’s deliverance was at hand. As she lay in bed, broken and bleeding, her room was filled with a silver light that even the blind Renna could sense. Out of the light, a beautiful woman approached her, and sat down on the bed next to her. Brushing her hair out of her tear streaked face, the woman spoke. “I have watched you, young one. From the very first steps you took to the day you challenged a Fae noble to a dance duel and won, I have watched you. Every escape attempt, every beating for insubordination, my hand was holding yours. Now, I am here with you to grant you the gift of Exaltation. Rise, my child, and show them that my Chosen are not to be trifled with.” A sudden infusion of power lifted Renna from the bed, and her already impressive senses were increased to superhuman levels. Even with her eyes still denied the light, she could see the room around her. With her wounds now closed, Renna proceeds to fight her way out, past the various guards that were tasked with watching over her.
  
  
  Free for the first time in years, Renna takes to the sky and flies.
  
  
  
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  Renna – No Moon Lunar
  
  
  Tell: Hair that looks feathery
  
  
  Totem Animal: Eagle
  
  
  Str: 4 (5) Cha: 5 *Per: 6
  
  
  *Dex: 6 (7) Man: 4 *Int: 6
  
  
  Sta: 4 (5) App: 5 *Wits: 4
  
  
  Athletics: 3
  
  
  Awareness: 6
  
  
  Dodge: 6 Making it Look Easy: 3
  
  
  Integrity: 1
  
  
  Martial Arts: 6 Armored Opponents: 3
  
  
  Resistance: 3
  
  
  Craft (Air): 2
  
  
  Linguistics: 3 Sky tongue, Riverspeak, Old Realm, Desert tongue
  
  
  Performance: 5 Dance: 3
  
  
  Presence: 4
  
  
  Sail: 3
  
  
  Socialize: 2
  
  
  Stealth: 4
  
  
  *Survival: 2
  
  
  Investigation: 2
  
  
  Lore: 4
  
  
  *Occult: 6 Sorcery: 3
  
  
  Backgrounds
  
  
  Manse: 5 – Gemstone of Perfect Mobility
  
  
  Artifact: 4 – Moonsilver Perfected Kata Bracers
  
  
  Artifact: 4 – Sorcery Capturing Cord
  
  
  Artifact: 4 – Infinite Resplendence Amulet – Moonsilver and Starmetal
  
  
  Artifact: 4 - 4 Seven Jeweled Peacock Fans
  
  
  Tattoo Artifact: 1 – Chain Shirt
  
  
  Tattoo Artifact: 2 – Hearthstone Bracers
  
  
  Backing: 3 – The Crossroads Society
  
  
  Face: 3
  
  
  Reputation: 3
  
  
  Solar Bond: 3
  
  
  Heartsblood: 3 20 forms
  
  
  Dog, Cat, Spider, Wasp, Fly, Mongoose, Snake, Erymanthoi, Neomah, Angyalkae, Mammoth, Raiton, Sand Swimmer, Giant Spider, Fox, Great Cat, Claw Strider, Dolphin, River Dragon, Siaka
  
  
  Virtues
  
  
  Compassion: 3
  
  
  Conviction: 5
  
  
  Temperance: 2
  
  
  Valor: 3
  
  
  Conviction Flaw: Curse of the Heartless Weasel
  
  
  Motivation: Protect the Innocent From the Monsters of the World and Beyond
  
  
  Intimacies: Her Solar Bond - Kairos (devotion), The Fae (hatred), The Crossroads Society (pride), Creatures of Darkness (disgust)
  
  
  
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  Essence: 6
  
  
  Personal: 26
  
  
  Peripheral: 83
  
  
  Willpower: 10
  
  
  Health Levels
  
  
  [ ] 0
  
  
  [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] -1
  
  
  [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] -2
  
  
  [ ] -4
  
  
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  Bashing Soak: 9B – 14B with IRA
  
  
  Lethal Soak: 9L – 14L with IRA
  
  
  Dodge DV: 11 +3 dice
  
  
  Parry DV: 8/12
  
  
  Join Battle: 10
  
  
  Anima Effects: A No Moon Lunar may attune her Essence to that of the new moon. She must spend at least one mote of Essence, and may spend up to twice her permanent Essence in motes. In doing so, she gains a shadowy penumbra that causes attackers who cannot see through darkness to suffer a -1 external penalty. This aura amplifies the occult power of the Lunar for the remainder of the scene, allowing her to reduce the cost of all Charms that explicitly require an Occult roll by one per mote of Essence used to power her anima, though the cost of a Charm cannot be reduced by more than half. This aura also allows her to reduce the Essence cost of all spells cast for the rest of the scene by one per mote of Essence initially invested in her anima, but the cost of a spell cannot be reduced by more than half. Whenever the Lunar has 11 or more motes of Peripheral Essence active, this anima effect activates automatically at full strength (or increases if originally activated at a lower power) without cost. The No Moon is just as obvious as any other flaring Lunar, but the light springs from the silver edge of her anima and the shadow within remains. She is treated as having spent twice her permanent Essence for purposes of Charm and spell cost reduction and retains the protection of the penumbra.
  
  
  
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  Infinite Resplendence Amulet – Moonsilver and Starmetal**** - The amulet can generate any kind of clothing the wearer can imagine, no matter how grand or humble. It also adds one extra success to all Resistance and Survival rolls, and the wearer adds two bonus dice to all Stealth rolls and two bonus dice to assume disguises with Larceny.
  
  
  Combining the effects of both moonsilver and starmetal, the Amulet provides 5L/5B protection that does not count as armor for Charms, and has numerous pockets folded into Elsewhere, capable of holding up to 2000 pounds of equipment in them, so long as the item can fit through the opening of the pocket. Only the attuned wearer can reach into these pockets; to others they are simply stitched folds.
  
  
  Perfected Kata Bracers**** - When the character activates a Form type Charm, she adds her Essence to the Accuracy, Damage and Defense of her unarmed attacks and the attacks of her Form weapons. She may choose to inflict bashing or lethal damage at will and she may parry lethal attacks unarmed. In addition to this, Moonsilver bracers provide Lunars additional flexibility, so they ignore cover and shields.
  
  
  Sorcery Capturing Cord**** - Allows the user to capture up to three Terrestrial level or Celestial level spells with the expenditure of a Willpower point. Releasing the spell is a miscellaneous action, and the character must again spend a Willpower point.
  
  
  Four Seven-Jeweled Peacock Fans**** - Speed 5, Acc +3 (+9), Damage +5B/+1L (+11B/+7L), Def +3 (+9), Rate 3
  
  
  Wind-Fire Wheel - Speed 5, Acc +2(+8), Dam +1L(7L), Def +2(+8), Rate 3
  
  
  Seven Section Staff - Speed 5, Acc -2(+4), Dam +7B(13B), Def +3(+9), Rate 2
  
  
  Tattoo Artifact – Hearthstone Bracers** - Adds two to the Lunar’s soak and +3 dice bonus to dodge attempts.
  
  
  Tattoo Artifact – Chain Shirt* - +5L/+3B
  
  
  Gem of Perfect Mobility***** - A character attuned to the hearthstone halves (round up) the number of ticks all actions require, without causing any penalties and may divide her dice pools normally to gain additional actions. In addition, the increased speed also applies out of combat, allowing the character to walk, run or sprint twice as fast as normal.
  
  
  
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  Humble Mouse Shape
  
  
  Emerald Grasshopper Form
  
  
  Towering Beast Form
  
  
  Quicksilver Second Face
  
  
  Green Sun Child
  
  
  Essential Mirror Form (DotFA, 68)
  
  
  Hybrid Body Rearrangement
  
  
  Deadly Beastman Transformation
  
  
  -Mutations: Wings, Feathers +1B/+1L, Talons, Tail
  
  
  
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  Demure Carp Feint - 4m, One Action - 88
  
  
  The character opens a fan, twirling it and waving it in a distracting way. (This does not need to be a war fan as long as it is used only for distraction.) The Exalt’s movements become as graceful and unpredictable as cherry blossoms in a gust of wind. While using this Charm, the Exalt adds either her Essence or +2 (whichever is greater) to her DVs
  
  
  Pearlescent Filigree Defense - 1m per 1L/2B soak, One Scene - 88
  
  
  The Exalt channels her Essence into his robes, making his clothing and accouterments take on an iridescent sheen as shimmering golden motes of Essence waft and rise from him. Each mote spent adds one to the character’s lethal soak and two to the character’s bashing soak. (This bonus does not count as armor, but as a form of natural soak.) The character cannot spend more motes of Essence to fuel this Charm than he has dots of Essence.
  
  
  Lethal Paper Fan Attack - 3m, Instant - 88
  
  
  In the hands of a martial artist using this Charm, a delicate paper fan can be infused with Essence that makes it cut like a razor. The character treats all paper fans (or other similar props such as brushes or mirrors) as wind-fire wheels. She treats all sashes, long hems, sleeves and so on as seven section staves. The damage these weapons inflict is lethal, though their appearance does not change.
  
  
  In addition, if the character uses an actual war fan or other accouterment that has been properly constructed for use in the martial arts, the character may enhance the weapon’s Speed, Accuracy, Damage or Defense by an amount equal to her Essence. (Pick any one value upon activating the Charm.) If the player picks Speed, a value equal to the character’s Essence is subtracted from the weapon’s Speed rating. The result of doing so can be no less than 1, however. Sashes, cloak-hems and other clothing turned into weighted ropes and then enhanced by this Charm deal less damage than they would if empowered by the Charm alone—but the character can wield them with much greater Speed, Accuracy or Defense.
  
  
  Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Form - 5m, One Scene - 89
  
  
  The sensual martial artist’s props and robes take on a life of their own, enhancing and complementing her movements. At her command, her fans open and swirl enticingly about her body like butterfl ies. Her sashes tease and coil around her like a lover’s hands, and her flowing sleeves and robes writhe and twist at her whim. The Exalt does not have to physically manipulate these props in order to create this effect. The martial artist controls one prop per dot of Essence she has (deciding which props to animate when she activates the Charm). For example, an Exalt with an Essence score of 4 could control one fan, one sash, one of her flowing sleeves and the hem of her cloak, or she could control four fans at once. If the martial artist wishes to add or change a prop, she must drop the present invocation of this Charm and reactivate it. Objects the martial artist wishes to command must be in her possession, and she cannot make an attack with these props unless she is manually controlling them. To attack with them yet still leave her hands free requires her to use the Flurry of August Leaves Concentration Charm. While her character uses this Charm, the Exalt’s player adds her character’s Martial Arts score to all Presence and Socialize rolls, including those required for social combat and the activation of Charms.
  
  
  Flurry of August Leaves Concentration - 2m per weapon, Instant - 89
  
  
  The martial artist with this Charm casts her fans or sashes into the air, making them swoop and slash out at an opponent before obediently returning to her. If she activates this Charm while using the Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Form, the martial artist can have as many props as that Charm allows make multiple attacks against one target. This Charm allows the martial artist to strike a target up to (Martial Arts x 5) yards away. The Exalt’s player rolls a single normal Martial Arts attack, regardless of how many weapons the character controls.
  
  
  Successes from the roll, penalized by the target’s DV, apply to all weapons simultaneously, and the damage is calculated normally as if she had performed the attack manually. The opponent does suffer an onslaught penalty to his DV for being attacked by multiple props, but each prop applies its damage separately. Botched attacks can result in broken or lost props, if not injury to the martial artist who cast them. Also, this Charm can be used only on props that can be separated from the Exalt’s body. (She can’t lash out at a target 25 yards away with the hem of her ball gown, for instance, unless she’s wearing one damn long train.)
  
  
  Resplendent Sash Grapple Technique - 3m per action, Counterattack - 89
  
  
  The Exalt’s fl owing sashes, hems, sleeves or what have you act with an uncanny dexterity to grapple opponents and their weapons. After successfully dodging or otherwise negating an enemy’s attack, the Exalt’s player may make a reflexive (Dexterity + Martial Arts) roll to have his character’s cloak or flowing sleeves snare her opponent’s attacking weapon or appendage. In order to make a successful retaliatory grapple, the martial artist must score as many successes as his opponent did on her attack. The defender may evade this attack only with Charms or as part of a flurry on her same action. (An opponent is unlikely to call for such a flurry unless she has already seen the Dreaming Pearl Courtesan use this Charm in a previous action, however.) If the martial artist’s opponent uses a weapon and the martial artist scores three more successes than his opponent’s relevant weapon Ability, the martial artist may disarm the target rather than clinching her. After successfully clinching his enemy, the martial artist’s player attempts a resisted roll of (Dexterity + Martial Arts) against the opponent’s (Strength + [Melee or Martial Arts]). The normal grappling rules still apply. If the Exalt uses the Dreaming Pearl Courtesan Form when activating this Charm, he may attempt as many of these reflexive grapples with animated sashes or trailing robe hems as that Charm allows him to animate. If the martial artist grapples his opponent with a prop animated by that Form-type Charm, turning the tables on the grapple in the subsequent resisted roll does not grant the opponent any control over the martial artist.
  
  
  Vindictive Concubine’s Pillow Book Understanding - 3m, Instant - 90
  
  
  An uncomfortable truth written down by a vindictive concubine can wound a person more deeply than any weapon. It slips past his defenses and cuts him where it can deal the most damage. As is true in social situations, so also in the martial arts. Even the heaviest of superheavy plate armor has thin seams where the pieces join. A skilled craftsman will minimize the width of these seams so that no blade or arrowhead can pierce them, but even such seams are chasms to the Dreaming Pearl Courtesan who employs paper and silk— thinner than even the sharpest blade. Upon activating this Charm, the Exalt negates an amount of her opponent’s armor soak equal to her (Essence + Martial Arts) as her unconventional weapons capitalize on the armor’s nigh-invisible chinks. This effect does not affect the armor’s Hardness value or negate her target’s natural soak or any bonuses gained through the use of Charms.
  
  
  Fragrant Petal Fascination Kata - 10m, 1wp, Indefinite - 90
  
  
  As the Exalt performs the sultry, languid moves of this Charm, ethereal music whispers in the air, and flower petals flow from her sleeves and the folds of her robes to swirl around her. The martial artist’s player rolls (Charisma + Martial Arts), and the players of all those within a number of yards equal to the Exalt’s Essence must compare the result to their characters’ Dodge MDV. Those whose MDVs do not negate the successes on the martial artist’s player’s roll find their characters transfixed in place, enraptured by the beauty of the kata and perfume of the petals. Even those in range of this Charm who are not entranced experience a hallucinogenic vertigo, suffering an internal penalty equal to the Exalt’s Essence to all dice pools. Targets who are entranced believe whatever the Exalt tells them. The Exalt can issue commands to those enraptured and expect them to be followed, regardless of the victim’s Intimacies or Motivation. (The victim safely ignores suicidal orders.) This Charm does not affect characters with a higher permanent Essence than the martial artist, though. If the Exalt halts her kata for any reason, or if the scene ends, the fascination slowly wears off. In ongoing combat, the effects linger for a number of actions equal to the martial artist’s Essence. During this waning period, the victims suffer an internal penalty equal to the Exalt’s Essence to all dice pools. Enraptured victims retain vague memories of what they did under the effects of this Charm and suffer a strange melancholy afterward, imposing a -1 internal penalty to Conviction rolls for a number of days equal to the Exalt’s Essence.
  
  
  Seven Storms Escape Prana - 8m, 1wp, Instant - 90
  
  
  The martial artist centers himself, breathing in ambient Essence. When he exhales, sweet tendrils of pastel fumes escape his lips, and eerie electricity prickles the hair on the back of bystanders’ necks. The Exalt’s clothes and hair whip around him, and he becomes a vortex of swirling light and vapor. That vortex disappears in a flash, only to reappear a distance of (Martial Arts x 5) yards away, where the Exalt emerges.
  
  
  Invoking the Chimera’s Coils - 15m, 1wp + 1wp to end the Charm, Duration Varies - 90
  
  
  Masters of this style achieve a perfect waking and lucid union of timeless dream and finite self. With this Charm, the martial artist opens herself to Creation’s collective dreaming consciousness and assumes the form of the fell and beautiful Chimera. Swirling light shines down upon the Exalt. Her clothes and accouterments merge with her body as her form extends to five times her normal height. Her neck grows up to four feet in length and supports a delicate and golden beaked foal’s head. Four sets of spiraling gazelle’s horns adorn her head, reshaping themselves like tendrils of smoke. Many eyes line either side of her narrow snout and continue down her back—ranging from the size of small pearls to the size of goose eggs. They alternately blaze like sapphires in the noonday sun and blink demurely. Gold-veined pearl scales cover the Exalt’s entire form, providing an additional 6L/12B armor. Instead of arms or legs, the martial artist floats just above the ground on a pair of four-foot-wide carp fins for every dot of Essence she has. These fins enable her to hover in or swim through the air with serpentine grace at 45 miles per hour. (These fins also provide a +3 bonus to Damage.) While using this Charm, the Exalt cannot be surprised or lied to, as secrets echo on the wind for her alone and others’ intentions play out like uncoiling prayer strips in her mind’s eye. Also, the Exalt can perform a number of actions per “actual” action equal to her Essence. (Each “actual” action taken thus is Speed 6.) These granted actions are full extra actions, not parts of a flurry, though any of them can also be subdivided into a flurry. This Charm is incompatible with other extra-action Charms. This Charm lasts for as long as the Exalt wishes, and she must spend a point of temporary Willpower to end it. Invoking it is risky, however. A martial artist who learns this Charm comes dangerously close to the Blossom of the Perfected Lotus, without necessarily the wisdom to control such esoteric forces. The Exalt thrills to an ecstatic bliss in this form, and many who have done so forgot they were once mortal. For every additional scene her character remains in this form, the player must make a Willpower roll with a cumulative +1 difficulty modifier. If she fails this roll at any time, the character disappears in a blinding flash of pearlescent light, never to be seen again except in fragmentary, half remembered dreams.
  
  
  
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  Excellencies
  
  
  Second Strength Excellency
  
  
  Instinctive Strength Unity
  
  
  Second Dexterity Excellency
  
  
  Instinctive Dexterity Unity
  
  
  First Stamina Excellency
  
  
  Second Perception Excellency
  
  
  Instinctive Perception Unity
  
  
  First Wits Excellency
  
  
  Second Intelligence Excellency
  
  
  Strength Charms
  
  
  Impressions of Strength – 2m, 4m, 6m, Combo Ok, Fury Ok, Instant – 144
  
  
  Dexterity Charms
  
  
  Graceful Crane Stance – 3m, Combo Ok, One Scene – 149
  
  
  Wary Swallow Method – 1m, Instant, Combo Ok - 151
  
  
  Golden Tiger Stance – 2m, Combo Ok, Fury Ok, Instant - 151
  
  
  Wind Dancing Method – 3m, Combo Ok, Counterattack, Instant - 151
  
  
  Flowing Body Evasion – 4m, Combo Ok, Instant - 151
  
  
  Finding the Needle’s Eye – 2m/3m, Combo Ok, Instant - 150
  
  
  Instinct Driven Beast Movement – 4m+, One Scene - 152
  
  
  Stamina Charms
  
  
  Ox Body Technique x4 – 156
  
  
  Hide Toughening Essence – 1m per 2 soak, One Scene - 160
  
  
  Bruise Relief Method – 1m+, Combo Ok, Gift, Instant - 159
  
  
  Halting the Scarlet Flow – 2m+, Combo Ok, Gift, Instant - 160
  
  
  Northern Mastery Technique – 6m, Indefinite - 157
  
  
  Relentless Lunar Fury – 1m, 1wp, (Essence x2) Actions - 158
  
  
  Terrestrial Circle Sorcery – 190
  
  
  Celestial Circle Sorcery – 190
  
  
  Form Fixing Method – 5m, 1wp, 3xp - 186
  
  
  Wits Charms
  
  
  Wasp Sting Blur – 2m per tick, Combo Ok, Fury Ok, Instant - 193
  
  
  Many Armed Monkey Style – 3m per action, Combo Ok, Instant, Extra Action - 193
  
  
  New Friend Aroma – 3m, Combo Ok, One Scene - 177
  
  
  Hide of the Cunning Hunter – 2m, Combo Ok, Indefinite - 176
  
  
  Perception Charms
  
  
  Eye of the Cat – 6m, Combo Ok, Fury Ok, One Scene - 179
  
  
  Devil Restraining Grip – 5m, 1wp, Combo Ok, One Scene - 179
  
  
  God Cutting Essence – 1m, Combo Ok, Instant - 179
  
  
  Spirit Maiming Essence Attack – 3m, Combo Ok, Instant - 179
  
  
  Keen Hearing and Touch Technique – 3m, Combo Ok, One Scene - 183
  
  
  Heightened Hearing and Touch Method – 2m, Combo Ok, One Scene – 183
  
  
  Sense Borrowing Method – 5m, Combo Ok, Indefinite – 180
  
  
  Keen Scent and Taste Technique – 3m, Combo Ok, One Scene – 183
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Burning Eyes of the Offender – 10m, 39
  
  
  Cirrus Skiff – 15m, 40
  
  
  Death of Obsidian Butterflies – 15m, 252
  
  
  Emerald Circle Banishment – 10m+, 44
  
  
  Emerald Countermagic – 10m or 20m, 253
  
  
  Flying Guillotine – 10m, 47
  
  
  Infallible Messenger – 10m, 254
  
  
  Mists of Eventide – 15m, 53
  
  
  Shadowy Simulacrums of Smoke – 15m, 59
  
  
  Summon Demon of the First Circle – 20m+, 252
  
  
  Summon Elemental – 10m+, 254
  
  
  Theft of Memory – 15m, 65
  
  
  Thunder Wolf’s Howl – 10m, 66
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Dolores Reflection – 20m, 255
  
  
  God-Forged Champion of War – 20+m, 72
  
  
  Magma Kraken – 35m, 76
  
  
  Sapphire Circle Banishment – 15m+, 80
  
  
  Sapphire Countermagic – 15m or 20m, 256
  
  
  Summon Demon of the Second Circle – 30m+, 255
  
  
  Summon Ghost – 15m, 81
  
  
  Travel Without Distance – 25m, 256
  
  
  

 

[Seeker of the End]

*whistles* Dat beastform.


On the other hand... I am sorely tempted to learn VB and get master's hand envisioned anew to get shields as form weapons, if not solely for vitriol starmetal PKB

 

[Captain Hesperus]

Oh mutations, using the regular one. I'm ready to start working on the forums.

Okay, the ST forum should be visible for you to go ahead and make your submission.


Captain Hesperus

 

[JayTee]

• Backstory
• Attributes and Skills
• Charms
• Advantages and Combat
• Skyship

• 
  
  
  Name: Kyros, Hound of the Sky.
  
  
  Caste: Zenith
  
  
  Appearance
  
  
  Kyros was born in the west, and if life had not gotten in the way, he would have lived and died in the West. He was born and raised on a pirate vessel known as the Seacutter. Captained by a Water Aspect Dragon-Blooded who served as both captain and father to his crew. His time of Exaltation came when the ship was beset by Fairfolk from beyond the Elemental Pole. Attacking the ship, they slew his caption and enslaved the crew, and would have taken him well. Unwilling to go down without a fight, Kyros fought back, and was given the gift of Exaltation for his efforts.
  
  
  Afterwards, he pulled together a crew of his own and conducted several raids against both fairfolk holds and Realm outposts (mortal harbors were simply too easy to make much sport with.) Eventually however, The Realm's navy took exception to an anathema sailing about unchallenged, and launched a counter attack of their own against him. The battle was fierce, and he lost more than half his crew in the fighting. In the end however, he was the last one standing.
  
  
  Deciding to take revenge upon the Realm for taking the lives of his crew and friends, Kyros plotted a course towards the heart of the Realm's Naval power, intent on causing as much trouble as he could before escaping. The chaos was quite the show to those in a position to appreciate it. Moving from ship to ship, alternately crashing them in to or opening fire on other Realm ships, Kyros single-handedly sunk over a quarter of all the vessels docked at harbor that day.
  
  
  The ultimate coup de grace however, was the discovery of a new warship the Realm had been building. Recognizing it for what it was, he had a handful of crewmen who had flocked to his cause mid-fight commandeered the vessel, naming it the Blind Radiance. After the theft, the admiral Dragon-Blooded in charge of trying to organize a defense against the rampaging Solar was sacked so hard his descent through the ranks created a new whirlpool according to legend.
  
  
  Since then, Kyros has been alternating between raiding The Realm and exploring Creation in his newfound Skyship. He's collected a motley crew of Exalts and more than a few Enlightened Mortals. Only time will tell what happens next.
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Strength 4 / Dexterity 5 / Stamina 3
  
  
  Charisma 5 / Manipulation 1 / Appearance 4
  
  
  Perception 3 / Intelligence 4 / Wits 2
  
  
  Dawn: Melee (+3 blades) (F)
  
  
  Zenith: Resistance 5 / Integrity 5 / Presence 5 / Performance 5 / Survival 5 (Caste)
  
  
  Twilight: Lore 5 / Investigation 5 (F) / Occult 5 (F)
  
  
  Night: Awareness 5
  
  
  Eclipse: Sail 5 (F)
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Melee
  
  
  1st Excellency
  
  
  Infinite Melee Mastery
  
  
  Hungry Tiger Technique
  
  
  Golden Destruction Cut
  
  
  Fire and Stones Strike
  
  
  Rising Sun Slash
  
  
  Dipping Swallow Defense
  
  
  Bulwark Stance
  
  
  Protection of Celestial Bliss
  
  
  Heavily Guardian Defense
  
  
  Call the Blade
  
  
  One Weapon Two Blows
  
  
  Peony Blossom Attack
  
  
  Resistance
  
  
  Durability of Oak Meditation
  
  
  Spirit Strengthens the Skin
  
  
  Iron Skin Concentration
  
  
  Adamant Skin Technique
  
  
  Iron Kettle Body
  
  
  Ox-Body x3 (1 -1 / 2 -2)
  
  
  Invincible Essence Reinforcement x3
  
  
  Essence Gathering Temper
  
  
  Integrity
  
  
  3rd Excellency
  
  
  Temptation Resisting Stance
  
  
  Elusive Dream Defense
  
  
  Integrity Protecting Prana
  
  
  Presence
  
  
  2nd Excellency
  
  
  Irresistible Salesmen Spirit
  
  
  Hypnotic Tongue Technique
  
  
  Majestic Radiant Presence
  
  
  Authority Radiating Stance
  
  
  Enemy-Castigating Solar Judgement
  
  
  Performance
  
  
  2nd Excellency
  
  
  Heart-Compelling Method
  
  
  Husbad Seducing Demon Dance
  
  
  Immanent Solar Glory x3
  
  
  Awareness
  
  
  Surprise Anticipation Method
  
  
  Investigation
  
  
  2nd Excellency
  
  
  Occult
  
  
  Spirit Detecting Glance
  
  
  Spirit Cutting Attack
  
  
  Magic Shattering Strike
  
  
  Sail
  
  
  Using this rewrite
  
  
  2nd Excellency
  
  
  Salty Dog Method
  
  
  Storm Weathering-Essence Infusion
  
  
  Ship-Claiming Stance
  
  
  Hull Preservation Technique
  
  
  Golden Essence Sails
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Essence: 5
  
  
  Willpower: 10
  
  
  Personal Motes: 25/25
  
  
  Peripheral Motes: 42/54 (12 attuned) +30 (Immanent Solar Glory)
  
  
  Compassion: 2
  
  
  Conviction: 3
  
  
  Temperance: 3
  
  
  Valor: 2
  
  
  Backgrounds
  
  
  Artifact 5: Skyship, Blind Radiance
  
  
  Followers 2: Skyship crew
  
  
  Retainer 6: Dragon-Blooded Savants/Shocktroops.
  
  
  Resources 5: Treasure
  
  
  Artifact 2: Wavecleaver Daiklave
  
  
  Artifact 1: Orichalcum Breastplate
  
  
  Artifact 4: Cloak of Vanishing Escape
  
  
  Manse 5: Stone of Scrying
  
  
  Social Combat
  
  
  Join Debate: 7
  
  
  Dodge MDV: 10
  
  
  Physical Combat
  
  
  Join Battle: 7
  
  
  Soak: 12B/12L Hardness 3 + (Breastplate: 6B/8L Hardness 3) = 18B/20L Hardness 6
  
  
  Health
  
  
  -0 O
  
  
  -1 OOOOO
  
  
  -2 OOOOOOOO
  
  
  -4 O
  
  
  -X
  
  
  Attacks:
  
  
  Wavecleaver Daiklave: Speed 4, Accuracy 16, Damage 9/2, Defense 9, Rate 3
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Massive and powerful, the Blind Radiance was commissioned almost a century ago and pioneered many advancements in Skyship technology during it's construction. Despite it's retro-style build, every inch has been sorcerously enchanted and strengthened to match the Magical Materials. An elaborate skeleton of magitech engineering runs throughout the ship, providing lift, power, and fuel for many of it's weaponry. Intended to be the flagship of the Realm's navy, it was stolen by Kyros over three years ago.
  
  
  You cannot imagine just how pissed off they are about that.
  
  
  Speed: 50 mph
  
  
  Maneuverability: 1S (Sail 3)
  
  
  Endurance: N/A. See powers.
  
  
  Armor: 30B/30L/
  
  
  Health Levels: Ux30, Mx20, Cx10, Ix5/D
  
  
  Repair: 4
  
  
  Crew: 5 Standard/ 1 minimum
  
  
  Cargo and Passengers: The galleon Skyship can comfortably hold a crew of Magnitude 2 comfortably, or twice that number when cramped. It's cargo holds can fit up to 30 tons of weight, or can be fitted with a Warstrider in cramped conditions.
  
  
  Weapons and Powers: x8 Medium Essence Canons, 4 on each side, with one Large Essence Canon mounted on the front. The Medium essence canons can swivel to cover almost all attack vectors, save directly above and below.
  
  
  Essence Conduits -
  
  
  Bespelled silk and copper banners the length of the ship, syphoning off essence from the surrounding environment and providing power for the ship. In "transport" mode, the essence pull simply results in a moderate gust of wind in the direction of the Skyship. When the Essence Canons are charged and primed however, all Manses in the area suffer a 2 dot reduction in power, becoming temporarily inert should their rating fall to 0. This is the key power source for the ship, providing lift for the vessel and power for the Essence canons. Should the ship fall below moderate damage however, they become inoperable, and the ship will require a level 5 hearthstone and 15 motes committed to remain functional. The Essence Conduits have a repair rating of 3.
  
  
  Mote Converters -
  
  
  Sorcerously charged sigles line the ship at key points, providing limited self-repair function for the ship. Dependent on the Essence Conduits, the Mote converters absorb the surrounding essence in the environment to remove the standard wear and tear a ship usually faces. However, it cannot repair damage done from weapons on it's own, and require a dedicated crew to maintain it's operations should the worst happen.